Hunt still on for missing teen
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Alexis Glover
Published: January 8, 2009
Updated: January 9, 2009
Search teams are still trying to find a 13-year-old girl from Manassas who went missing yesterday and are asking for the community’s help.
In a press release police spokeswoman Kim Chinn wrote, “She will likely be hiding from police. We need citizens to check all around their homes including sheds and dog houses or any place a small child could hide.“
Alexis Glover, 13, was last seen at the Central Library 8601 Mathis Ave, Manassas around noon yesterday. She is developmentally disabled and has other medical issues.
She is described as a black, with short dark hair and dark eyes, 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing about 85 pounds. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, green and beige sweater and white tennis shoes.
An extensive search has been ongoing since noon yesterday. Officers on foot, on bike, Blood Hounds, K-9’s, Search and Rescue teams from Prince William county Police and Appalachian Search and Rescue are involved in the search. Other agencies that are or have been involved are, Manassas City Police, Manassas Park Police, Prince William County Sheriff’s Office, and Fairfax and Virginia State Police Helicopters. In addition a reverse telephone call system has been used to alert residents and ask them to check around their homes for her, police said.
Anyone with information on the missing girl has been asked to call Prince William police, at 703-792-6500.
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Based on the following info in a WJLA (ch. 7) news report today, I don’t think it’s fair to blame the parents. I’ve yet to meet a perfect parent, myself included. I’m keeping Alexis and her family in my prayers.
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WJLA
MANASSAS, Va. - Prince William County (web | news) police are in a race against time and the elements in an effort to find a disabled missing 13-year-old girl who went missing in Manassas over 24 hours ago.
Alexis Glover went missing near Manassas Drive and is considered endangered. Police want to know if anyone has seen her. She is is developmentally disabled and suffers from other medical issues. Alexis was last seen wearing blue jeans, a green and beige sweater and white tennis shoes. She is 5’3” and weighs 85 lbs. She has short dark hair and dark eyes.
“We need to find her as quickly as we possibly can,“ said Alexis’s mom, Freedia Glover. “She looks like she’s about 10 [but] her mental capacity is about 7.“
Her mother says she and Alexis, or Lexie as she is often called, were in the parking lot of the central library in Manassas in the freezing rain Wednesday morning when the young girl slipped away.
Lexie is described by her mother as having profound emotional, mental and physical disabilities that require medication. She normally wears a GPS tracking bracelet because of her condition, but police found it minutes after she was reported missing. Now across busy Route 28, a lighted sign board now flashes a plea for information about her.
Investigators are using foot patrols, canine teams and helicopters to search for the girl; they have also deployed Search and Rescue teams from Prince William county Police and Appalachian Search and Rescue. They are also asking residents to check their property because the young girl is known to run and hide.
Authorities ask residents to “check all around their homes, including sheds and dog houses or any place a small child could hide.“ Area residents were alerted to the search through the reverse telephone call system.
Manassas City Police, Manassas Park Police, the Prince William County Sheriff’s Office, and Fairfax and Virginia State Police Helicopters have been brought in to aid searchers. Neighbors are also becoming active in the search effort.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Prince William County Police at 703.792.6500.
No time for placing blame and questions on parents right now unless they are suspect… vigilant prayer, eyes wide open and get the word out. Please help support the local PD and family. God Bless Alexis Glover and Keep Her Safe.
First of all I pray to GOD the young teen is in fact found safe and unhurt however, where are her parents and where were they and why in GODs name would they leave her unattended for her to walk out of a public library by herself knowing her medical conditions
Choppers ran all night last night from about midnight on.
it’s very sad she went all night without a coat? She needs to be found soon. bring her back safely to her family…
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